Galih Johar
Born 1990, Indonesia
Biography
Back in the day, Galih Johar (b.1990) graduated in 2017 from the ceramic major in an art school in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Using clay has become a daily routine for him at that time, on the pretext that some of the substances contained in the clay from the soil material are the same as those in the human body, such as calcium, magnesium, ferrum, potassium, and silica. Then Galih Johar assumed that maybe the soil medium was the result of the decomposition of the last living things. Over time, Galih Johar also discovered that soil elements were also present in other objects that were very familiar with everyday life. Galih Johar also suspected that as a creature it could be just a material composition. If all of this is only material, then many questions arise about the meaning and the value of life in his mind. From there, Galih Johar plays around with values a lot. With artistic execution using any artistic medium. With his works, Galih Johar wants to talk about his point of view using a unique visual language.